Why is a solicitor like a dentist?

Many moons ago, when we were both junior solicitors, a mate of mine rented his spare room out to a…

Juvenile detention

On any average day in Queensland, more than 200 children are being warehoused in grim, demoralising concrete-box cells or…

The Legal Services Commission is not your Personal Police Force

If only I’d asked (a lawyer)

Often we think of lawyers only when things have escalated beyond our control, are faced with serious legal…

How Good Law Can Save the World — Literally

Sensible and effective legislative and regulatory regimes…

Mental health in the workplace — what not to do.

The protection of mental health is an extremely…

A Strong Voice for In-house Counsel

There was a time when, if you told your friends you were moving in-house, they would look at you…

National Reconciliation Week 2019

By Bill Potts

On 16 May 2019 former Prime Minister Bob Hawke passed away. Hawke was largely…